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Eleventh Circuit Vacates Godiva FACTA Settlement

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

Justice Kavanaugh said earlier this summer that “[c]ourts sometimes makes standing law more complicated than its needs to be.” The majority in the Eleventh Circuit took that statement to heart in its en banc opinion in Muransky v. Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., No. 16-16486 (11th Cir.

Miners dig deep to weather the storm

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

Mining companies entered 2020 in good financial shape and have continued to secure finance despite disruption from COVID-19 - The mining industry has navigated the past nine months in better shape than most sectors, even with substantial capital market volatility and supply chain disruption....

It’s a Process and Not A Result

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

Advisors ask me all the time of the role of education in participant-directed 401(k) plans.

Is Google Really the Borg?

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

Now, I would never be mistaken for a Trekker, but there are some lines from the series that everyone of a certain age knows and this is one of them.

UK outlines its plans for wide-ranging new investment review powers

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

The UK has published a draft of its new National Security and Investment Bill, together with explanatory notes, heralding the introduction of a new regime for reviewing investments in the UK.

2020 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 4) - Qualified Retirement Plans

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

As 2020 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate SW Benefits Updates.

FDIC Issues Technical Corrections to Deposit Insurance Assessment Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

The FDIC recently issued technical amendments to the rules governing deposit insurance assessment, to bring two regulatory texts in line with the texts that had previously been adopted by the FDIC’s Board of Directors.  These amendments, published in the Federal Register, correct inadvertent publ

NLRB: Employer Tweet Unlawfully Restrained Protected Activity

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

On November 24, 2020, the Board held that a high-level executive’s tweet violated Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA by interfering with or restraining employees’ protected, concerted activity....

Within Three Months, a Second California State Court Enforces a Federal Forum Charter Provision for Securities Act Claims

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

A California state court dismissed a putative securities fraud class action against Uber, as well as certain individuals and underwriters, on the grounds of inconvenient forum, holding that the federal forum selection provision (FFP) in Uber’s charter was valid and enforceable, and thus plaintiff

War and Peace: New Jersey Appellate Court Questions Cannabis Application Grading

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/11/20

What do baseball umpires, war and peace, cannabis, and relative error all have in common? A lot in the opinion of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (“Appellate Division”), which issued a ruling today related to the 2018 Request for Applications (“RFA”).

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